Montreal Restaurant Week is known by two names in Montreal. One is
Taste MTL, a fall mega-event featuring over 100 restaurants across the city that debuted in 2012. The other is its precursor, Old Montreal's Le Happening Gourmand which, since 2008, has been following the examples of
New York Restaurant Week and Toronto's
Winterlicious, but on a much smaller scale: a handful of Old Montreal's mid to high-end restaurants, all owned by the
Antonopoulos Group, cut menu prices roughly 30% to 40% for a three-week period every January. In 2013, Le Happening Gourmand runs from January 10 to February 3, 2013. Reservations are generally not required but recommended.
A great opportunity to explore Old Montreal's finer cuisine on a tight budget (think $23 to $27 for a three-course dinner or as low as $15 for lunch), Antonopoulos Group restaurants participating in 2013 include:
Consult
Le Happening Gourmand website for menu details and a complete list of participating restaurants. For reservations, call restaurants directly.
